I want to make a website

It is quite fun and anecdotal that in different occasions and in the most unexpected ways people reach out to me and ask for my help to make a website, at times offering to hire me to do it. Here is a #wip reference of fundamental information required to make a general evaluation of the amount of work needed and, possibly, an idea of the budget. What is the purpose of the website? (A small set of information pages, a blog/a newsletter, an interactive database, something more complex…) Do you want to edit the website yourself/yourselves? How often? (Once a year, once a month, once a week…) How much? (Just one page, blog posts, any page…) How many people would need editing rights? Do you need an authentication or login system for the public? (Would they need to submit information, subscribe to a newsletter…) If you ask me to do something that requires a technology I can also learn about while building the website, that may lower my hourly rate. Consider that website development does not…